HTTP Curl
cURL
Command
Description
curl -h
cURL help menu
curl inlanefreight.com
Basic GET request
curl -s -O inlanefreight.com/index.html
Download file
curl -k https://inlanefreight.com
Skip HTTPS (SSL) certificate validation
curl inlanefreight.com -v
Print full HTTP request/response details
curl -I https://www.inlanefreight.com
Send HEAD request (only prints response headers)
curl -i https://www.inlanefreight.com
Print response headers and response body
curl https://www.inlanefreight.com -A 'Mozilla/5.0'
Set User-Agent header
curl -u admin:admin http://<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/
Set HTTP basic authorization credentials
curl http://admin:admin@<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/
Pass HTTP basic authorization credentials in the URL
curl -H 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=' http://<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/
Set request header
curl 'http://<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/search.php?search=le'
Pass GET parameters
curl -X POST -d 'username=admin&password=admin' http://<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/
Send POST request with POST data
curl -b 'PHPSESSID=c1nsa6op7vtk7kdis7bcnbadf1' http://<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/
Set request cookies
curl -X POST -d '{"search":"london"}' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' http://<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/search.php
Send POST request with JSON data
APIs
Command
Description
curl http://<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/api.php/city/london
Read entry
curl -s http://<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/api.php/city/ | jq
Read all entries
curl -X POST http://<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/api.php/city/ -d '{"city_name":"HTB_City", "country_name":"HTB"}' -H 'Content-Type: application/json'
Create (add) entry
curl -X PUT http://<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/api.php/city/london -d '{"city_name":"New_HTB_City", "country_name":"HTB"}' -H 'Content-Type: application/json'
Update (modify) entry
curl -X DELETE http://<SERVER_IP>:<PORT>/api.php/city/New_HTB_City
Delete entry
Browser DevTools
Shortcut
Description
[CTRL+SHIFT+I] or [F12]
Show devtools
[CTRL+SHIFT+E]
Show Network tab
[CTRL+SHIFT+K]
Show Console tab
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